Nozick rejects the notion of distribution of society's benefits based on equality or desert. He maintains that if we rightfully possess any goods (i.e., we obtained them legitimately), then we own them; they are not ours because we are entitled to equal shares of them or because we deserve them.
-Nozick says that almost every suggested principle of distribution is patterned.

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Nozick argues against patterned principles of distribution, such as those based on equality or desert, in his entitlement theory. He believes that if goods are acquired through just means, then individuals have a right to those goods, regardless of any broader pattern of distribution.

Nozick Rejects the Notion of Distribution of Society's Benefits Based